Village · Hura, Puruliya
# Dumdumi

Dumdumi is a village in Hura sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,030 people in 193 households, the 50th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.
- 1,030 people (2011)
- 193 households
- 71.1% literacy
- 1,060 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dumdumi

Of every 100 households in Dumdumi in 2011, 22 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dumdumi · ■ Hura rural average
- Electricity for lighting 22% 25%
- Toilet within the home 0% 7%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 92%
- Tap water 0% 1%
- Drinking water within premises 13% 5%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 75%
- Use banking services 26% 41%
- Television 13% 13%
- Mobile phone 26% 31%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 3% 7%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 19% 25%
- Own their home 95% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Dumdumi?

■ Dumdumi · ■ Hura rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 71.1% 68.8%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1060 970
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1104 954
- Working population 49.9% 48.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.1% for men and 58.8% for women. 55% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 88 (17%) · ■ Farm labourers 7 (1%) · ■ Household industry 6 (1%) · ■ Other work 18 (4%) · ■ Marginal 395 (77%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Hura
- Karandi 1,101 people
- Deshra 1,097 people
- Kusumjuria 1,057 people
- Shamukgarya 1,037 people
- Shyamaluta 1,012 people
- Bara Panjania 960 people
- Ledadi 958 people
- Chitra 949 people

All 116 villages in Hura

## Other places named Dumdumi
- Dumdumi · Village, Purulia - II, Puruliya · 3,768 people
- Dumdumi · Village, Gobindpur, Dhanbad · 2,081 people
- Dumdumi · Village, Loisinga, Balangir · 1,613 people
- Dumdumi · Village, Chhatna, Bankura · 1,290 people
- Dumdumi · Village, Santuri, Puruliya · 1,244 people
- Dumdumi · Village, Sarath, Deoghar · 1,186 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Dumdumi? 1,030 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dumdumi in? Puruliya district (Hura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dumdumi? 71.1% (Census 2011)

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